Mexican Lobby Card: Theater of Blood
The Mexican lobby card for Theater of Blood with Vincent Price and Diana Rigg(1973). I shamefully admit I wanted to see it, at the time, more for Diana Rigg than Vincent Price. Horror fans, please don't hate me.
March 2014
Double Bill Movie Pressbook:
The Frozen Dead (1966) and It (1967)
It's the Dear Mr. Exhibitor letter, recommending the use of the word "thrill" in place of "horror" that's so interesting. The 1960s must have had something to do with that. Can you dig it?
Movie Pressbook: The Psychopath (1966)
Here’s the movie pressbook for The Psychopath, directed by Freddie Francis.
Double Bill Pressbook:
Witchcraft and The Horror of It All
The Magic Witch Deflectors giveaway is what makes this double bill a fun event. Watching Lon Chaney Jr. is also a treat.
Movie Pressbook: Black Sunday (1960)
Still a creepy chiller in composition and style, Black Sunday (La Maschera Del Demonio) is essential viewing for any horror fan worth his or her fangs. Read the over-sized pressbook, then read my review. And for your next party, why not have a "Ghoul Contest?"
Movie Pressbook: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
I fondly remember watching this movie, waiting patiently to see Batman himself, Adam West. I was disappointed he only did a cameo. But the movie is still memorable. I caught it at the Loew’s Oriental on 86th Street in Brooklyn, in 1964. I love the tagline “This film is scientifically authentic…” Sure it is.
Mexican Lobby Card: Commando Cody
Captives of the Zero Hour
Here’s the Mexican lobby card for Commando Cody’s Sky Marshall of the Universe, Cautivos En Momento Critico. (See other Commando Cody lobbies: Hydrogen Hurricane, Cosmic Vengeance, Radar Men from the Moon.)
Movie Pressbook: The Atomic City (1952)
Now that it looks like the Cold War is back, here's some dramatized paranoia from the 1950s for you. What's old is new again.
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